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03 Feb 26
LLNL tunes light intensity for precise control of 3D printing

Regulating crystallinity in thermoplastics opens new possibilities for advanced manufacturing.

03 Feb 26
Boom continues as Fabrinet posts 36% surge in sales revenues

Contract manufacturer of in-demand photonics components sees additional opportunity in co-packaged optics.

28 Jan 26
UC Davis shrinks spectrometer for diagnostics and sensing

Surface-enhanced silicon photodiodes and AI combine to extend device's sensitivity, utility.

28 Jan 26
ASML rise continues on renewed confidence in sustained AI boom

The Dutch maker of semiconductor lithography equipment has become Europe's most valuable company.

28 Jan 26
Corning and Meta agree ‘up to $6 billion’ fiber deal

Aim is to support US data center buildout; Corning to expand its manufacturing facility in North Carolina.

28 Jan 26
PW2026: SPIE announces best new products at its 18th annual Prism Awards

Winners span lasers, quantum, sensors, optical materials, components, and XR technologies.

28 Jan 26
Monitoring greenhouse gases from space – by laser

LZH and partners developing hybrid-lidar approach as part of EU project HALLOA.

27 Jan 26
Optalysys eyes US expansion with £23M

UK-based photonic computing startup has developed hardware for encrypted blockchain applications.

27 Jan 26
Optical atomic clock combines single-ion accuracy and multi-ion stability

Partnership between German PTB and Thai metrology institute NIMT creates clock based on ytterbium 173 ions.

27 Jan 26
Neurophos raises $110M for photonic chips based around metamaterial modulators

Texas startup's series A round backed by Bill Gates, Microsoft, Aramco, Bosch, and others.

27 Jan 26
Heriot-Watt University studies use of deep-UV for tissue ablation

EPSRC project investigates laser ablation as surgical technique beyond cornea procedures.

26 Jan 26
Tokyo group observes positronium beam as ‘quantum matter wave’

Matter-wave diffraction in short-lived electron-positron atom.

 
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